Peeling-knife.



P. NELSON.

I FEELING KNIFE.

APPLICATION FILED SBPT.1B, 1911.

1,@%9,515u Patented Ja11.7, 1913.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER NELSON, OF'CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FEELING-KNIFE.

To all whom '1' 25 may concern Be it known that T, Pu'rnn NELSON, of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Peeling-Knives, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a peeling knife by which potatoes, apples and other vegetables and fruits may quickly be peeled, even by the incx wricncml, without waste, and which in other ways is better adapted for peeling purposes than the ordinary knife.

in the drawings 'l igure l. is a side elevation of my knife; Fig. 2. shows my knife viewed against the cutting edge; and Fig. 3. is a cross section of the knife in the plane indicated by line 3-4! in Fig. 1.

Referring to the. drawings, between handle plates 4 is fastened, by rivet. 5, knifeblade (3, the cutting edge of which is formed with twocurved recesses, 7 and 8. Opposite recess 7 (the one netn'est to the handle) a. guard 9 is fastened to blade. (3. The back 10 of this guard is provided with transverse slots 11, straddled by heads '12 of setscrews 13 which are threaded into openings 14- in blade (3 for the purpose of adjustahly fastening guard 9 to blade 6. Edge '15 of guard 16 is placed at a slight angle. to back 10, so as to be distanced somewhat from the cutting edge of blade (5; is formed with a curved recess '17 corresponding in outline to recess 7 and is provided, parallel with recess 17, with slot 18. Point 19 of blade 6 isv curved sideward toward the same side of blade 6 to which guard 9 is attached, so as to form a hook more convenient for the removal of the eyes of potatoes, etc., without waste, than the ordinary flat knife point. Manifestly my knife can readily be constructed bot-h for right handed and lefthanded use. i

While'ordinarily that portion of the cutting edge of blade 6 will be used in peeling which is comprised in recess 7 and protected by guard 9, recourse may readily be had to the portion comprised in recess 8 when'thc Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 18, 1911.

Patented Jan. *3, t M 3.

Serial No. 649,956.

shape of the article to be peeled does not allow of the convenient use of the guardprotected part of the cutting edge, and likewise when it is desired to cut oil larger portions of, or to divide, the article.

The curvature of the cutting edge of blade 6 in recesses 7 and 8 makes it practicable to peel with each cut. a larger portion of the surface of round or semi-round articles without waste than is possible with a straight-edge. blade. Guard 9, while permitting the ready escape of the peelings through slot 18, prevents deep and wasteful cutting in peeling, and also largely prevents acci dental cutting of the operators lingers, and hence permits faster work.

1. Tu peeling knives the combination, with a handle, of a blade having a curved recess in its cutting edge near the handle, and another curved recess in its cutting edge near its outer end, and having said outer end rounded, upturned, and projeeting forvard of the adjacent portion of the cutting edge; a curved guard conforming in outline to the first. mentioned curved recess; andmeans to adjustabl y fasten the guard to the blade adjoining such recess; substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In peeling knives the combination, with a handle, of a blade having a curved recess in its cutting edge near the handle, another curved recess in its cutting edge near its outer end, a substantially straight cutting edge, of a length about equal to the cutting edge of the first named recess, located between said recesses, and its end rounded, upturned, and projecting forward of the adjacent portion of the cutting edge; a curved guard conforming in outline to the first mentioned curved recess; and means to fasten the guard to the blade. adjoining such recess; substantially as and for the purpose described.

, PETER NELSON.

Witnesses (lain. S'rnovsn, FRAN 1c PE'rmoH. 

